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I think McDermott would quickly fix the end of game fades that have cost IU too many close games this season.  I also think he could stop the pre-conference bloodletting we have experienced under Woodson.  Would McDermott have IU competing at the elite eight / final four level?  I think that is the unknown but his record certainly indicates consistently competing in conference year after year.  

[Chris007 61,128]

I feel like I'm reading a lot more than usual with the new format. What did @Hovadipo do now? 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,265]

6 minutes ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

A risk is trying to sell us on 6-8 years of top 4-5 Big 10 finishes and put off our aspirations of being a dominant program again.  And I agree with the poster, that’s what McDermott would bring.  Unless, God forbid, he brings whatever he brought to Iowa State.

I think kids in this state would gobble up the opportunity to play in his offenses. 

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[IUHoosierJoe 2,080]

2 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I think kids in this state would gobble up the opportunity to play in his offenses. 

Could be.  I watched their game last night.  Lots of turnovers against a very poor team.  They showed a stat that Creighton’s turnover margin is minus 4.4 per game, which is one of the worst in the country.

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13 minutes ago, HoosierSadaseci said:

We've heard leaks about Drew...leaks about McDermott...leaks about Beard...who's leaking today...

The wiz…uh, the wiz of Otz.    We’re off to leak the wizard…the wonderful wizard of Otz.  We hear he is a wiz of a coach if ever a coach there was.   If ever oh ever a coach there was…the wizard of Otz is one because….because because because because….because….because of all of the games he’s won!!  

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5 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

I think kids in this state would gobble up the opportunity to play in his offenses. 

I think HS coaches would like that. Not sure either way about teenagers

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39 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

We had two good rounds of religion and John Calapari yesterday. We might need to change the name of this thread to off-topic. Hopefully, those leaks keep rolling out today. I'm sure everyone is starting to hear them. :-)

I'm changing my name to Mr. Charlie and will base my entire persona on bashing Lindsey Buckingham if this thread name is changed to Off-Topic!  

[str8baller 7,246]

23 minutes ago, pumpfake said:

Serious question regarding McDermott: How would you rate him compared to Matt Painter?  On the surface they appear to be similar in accomplishments.  I ask not advocating for or against, just as a guage.  My pedestrian view is that GM wouldn't be in the top tier of names we've tossed around, but also not in the bottom tiers either.

I was actually just thinking about this yesterday in relation to Otz but it works for McD too. I’d put them in the same category of pretty dang good coaches but probably not elite. 
 

The difference is Painter played at PU. Was coach in waiting. Is intimately familiar with Midwest and Indiana recruiting. Has a system and recruits to it very well. Take any of those advantages away and he quickly turns out pretty mediocre results like he did in the post Hummel years. It wasn’t until he hit his Swanigan/Haas/Edey recruiting stretch that he started looking near elite again.  
 

So that’s just one of the many ways a good coach on that level could come into IU and stumble. 

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30 minutes ago, Kentuckysucks said:

A big one.  He’s old and may not be around much longer.  Had one shot at a P5 job and he flopped miserably.  His personality is a bad fit too.

Creighton has been a P5 job for 10 years now. 

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Just now, IUHoosierJoe said:

Could be.  I watched their game last night.  Lots of turnovers against a very poor team.  They showed a stat that Creighton’s turnover margin is minus 4.4 per game, which is one of the worst in the country.

They had 12 TOs lol 

Must suck to play poorly and win by 18, and be 21-9. It'd really suck to be able to shoot like this.... 

 

 

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1 minute ago, theriverpilot said:

I'm changing my name to Mr. Charlie and will base my entire persona on bashing Lindsey Buckingham if this thread name is changed to Off-Topic!  

I'm sure he's sitting somewhere with a cup of coffee, rolling a fat one and listening to Rumors. HAHA

[mamasa 15,907]

19 hours ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

What exactly is the definition of a religious "nut job"

Mad Max and Brother Dan who used to spew vile quasi-biblical nonsense by Ballentine here in Bloomington lol. I saw Brother Dan get knocked TFO by my friend on the football team, Dan made a really racist comment, my friend just dropped him on the spot lol!

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 11,265]

Creighton just doesn't force TOs... they don't avg some astronomical amount of TOs a little over 12 per game.  

[cbp4iu 2,277]

So our new coach probably doesn’t want anyone back on our current team correct? Then again Mgbako’s Reneau and Rice’s portal reel from last night probably lost them each 50k-100k

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5 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

Creighton has been a P5 job for 10 years now. 

Yeah, have seen a few posts over the last couple of days saying McDermott "flopped in his only Power 5 job". 

He's literally in a Power 5 job right now and as yoy said, has been for the last 10 years. 

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3 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Creighton just doesn't force TOs... they don't avg some astronomical amount of TOs a little over 12 per game.  

I don’t want a coach who can’t get his team to lead the country in deflections.

[str8baller 7,246]

4 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

They had 12 TOs lol 

Must suck to play poorly and win by 18, and be 21-9. It'd really suck to be able to shoot like this.... 

 

 

Tbf, we just beat Washington who is basically Seton Hall and they just lost at Xavier by 20.  
 

Creighton is 39 in NET and 5-6 in Q1 wins. 
 

He’s a better coach than Woodson but the seasons this year aren’t as far apart as we’d want to really get the fanbase behind a hire like that. 

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9 minutes ago, mamasa said:

Mad Max and Brother Dan who used to spew vile quasi-biblical nonsense by Ballentine here in Bloomington lol. I saw Brother Dan get knocked TFO by my friend on the football team, Dan made a really racist comment, my friend just dropped him on the spot lol!

WORLDSTAR!!!!  Sorry......I don't even like hiphop.  

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1 minute ago, str8baller said:

Tbf, we just beat Washington who is basically Seton Hall and they just lost at Xavier by 20.  
 

Creighton is 39 in NET and 5-6 in Q1 wins. 
 

He’s a better coach than Woodson but the seasons this year aren’t as far apart as we’d want to really get the fanbase behind a hire like that. 

hmmmm. Yeah, I don't see it that way. 

So they're 5-6 in Q1 and we're 4-12 but our seasons aren't that far apart?